well, i'm stuck again. i did as you suggested and installed thunderbird. the instructions page you offered was excellent, except for the in which it tell you...after you've important your outlook express address book to thunderbird you then must copy the outlook express file to the thunderbird address book. i've tried 'select all' and there is no copy key on the menu.
so now how do i get the outlook express address book now in the thunderbird e-mail program into the thunderbird address book?